Former WWE wrestler turns heel at MLW Slaughterhouse
Matt Riddle is no longer the King of Bros, now calling himself The Rude Dude.
The former MLW World Champion turned heel at MLW Slaughterhouse on Saturday night in Long Beach, California. He defeated Alex Hammerstone with a low blow before turning on the fans in a post-match interview.
Riddle said:
“Well, looky looky, what do we got here? Another beta with a microphone. Why don’t you get your little dong energy out of here,” Riddle said to MLW commentator, Joe Dombrowski.
“I used to think wrestling fans were awesome, I used to think that you actually had a brain between your ears. But at the end of the day, what I’ve come to conclusion is: That you guys are a bunch of morons, bro. I’ve been working my ass off just so some fat piece of trash can sit at home in his mom’s basement, go on X, and talk that s–t? Been there done that.”
Riddle then egged the crowd on to boo him even more. Before the finish of his match with Hammerstone, he’d received a mixed reaction, with fans chanting “Let’s go Riddle/Riddle sucks.”
“I’m going to leave with this: The King of Bros is dead and this is the era of The Rude Dude.”
Riddle is coming off having dropped the MLW World Championship at Fightland last month to Mads Krule Krugger, after Krugger cashed in his title match contract to make Riddle’s match against Donovan Dijak a three-way.
“I certainly didn’t expect that from the bro,” said MLW commentator and our own Tom Lawlor following Riddle’s win over Hammerstone.
In early September, Riddle and Global Wrestling Kingdom were involved in a public dispute after the promotion accused him of no-showing an event and not returning his deposit. Riddle responded that the promotion had booked him to fly out several days before the show, something he was unable to do. Shortly after, GWF confirmed that Riddle had returned the deposit.
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